Paul Backwinkel's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2276165 games
Paul Backwinkel, FIDE Master from Germany, has 165 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Backwinkel most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White65 games · +14 =30 −21 · 45%
As Black100 games · +25 =39 −36 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%38 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense27%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense15%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense26%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense26%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 a6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense16%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+
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